Kodak Easyshare V570 Review

Introduction

The Kodak Easyshare V570 looks to all intents and purposes
like any other compact digital camera, until you turn it on
and notice that it has not one but two lenses. Its official
title is Kodak Retina Dual Lens Technology, and it allows
Kodak to offer both an ultra wide-angle lens of 23mm and a
more standard zoom lens of 39mm-117mm in the same camera.
The Kodak V570 actually has two 1/2.5 inch, 5 megapixel sensors
inside it, one for each lens. All of this advanced technology
is housed in a very stylish and expensive looking black metal
body that is just 20.4mm thick. As well as offering a wide
range of scene modes for every possible shooting situation,
the Kodak V570 also has an advanced video mode. You can zoom
when shooting up to 640x480 video at 30fps with sound, turn
on the digital stabilizer to reduce the effects of camera-shake,
and even split the video in-camera after you have shot it.
Other stand-out features include the high resolution 2.5 inch
LCD screen, panorama stitch mode featuring up to 180º of wide-angle
coverage and the usual Kodak emphasis on simple sharing and
printing of your photos. So is the Kodak Easyshare V570 a
technological whizz-kid, or should it go to the back of the
class? Carry on reading to find out.

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Features

The Kodak Easyshare V570 has a 5.36 MP megapixel, 1/2.5 inch
CCD that delivers 5.0 effective megapixels. There are a range
of image sizes (2576x1932, 2576x1716, 2304x1728, 2048x1536,
1552x1164) which are recorded as JPEGs. The camera has two
lenses rather than the standard one. The first is a fixed
ultra wide-angle lens equivalent to 23mm on a 35mm format
camera. The second is a 3x optical zoom lens equivalent to
39-117 mm. There is also a 4x digital zoom should you feel
the need to use it. The camera has 32Mb of built-in memory,
of which 28Mb is available for picture storage - it is not
supplied with either a SD Memory Card or MultiMedia Card.

The Kodak Easyshare V570 has a normal shooting mode, 10 second
Self-timer and a Continuous modes of 2.8 fps with a maximum
of 4 images in any quality mode. There are 5 different colour
effects available (High Color, Natural Color, Low Color, Black
and White and Sepia) and 3 sharpness adjustments (High, Normal
and Low). The Macro setting allows you to focus on subjects
that are as close as 5cms at the 39mm wide-angle lens setting
(macro is not available with the 23mm lens). The camera offers
3 auto-focus systems - TTL-AF, multi-zone AF and center zone
AF - and you can choose from Single, Continuous, Macro or
Landscape focus. 3 exposure metering systems are available
- multipattern, center-weighted, and center-spot - plus an
auto TTL-AE system. There is an AF assist lamp to help achieve
focus in low-light situations. The built-in flash offers 4
different modes (auto, off, fill, digital red-eye reduction)
and the range at ISO 200 is 0.8 m-3.1 m for the 23mm lens,
0.6-2.2 m for the 39mm lens setting, and 0.6-2.0 m for the
117mm lens setting.

To compose your images, you can use the LCD monitor - there
is no optical or electronic viewfinder. The Kodak V570 has
a 2.5 inch LCD Display which has 230,000 pixels and a wide
angle of view. The Kodak Easyshare V570 can record movies
at 640 x 480 or 320 x 240 pixels at 30 fps with sound. Video
is recorded in the Quicktime with audio format. The length
of the video is only limited by the size of the memory card
that you are using. 3X zoom is available when shooting video,
complete with digital image stabilization, and there is split
video on-camera editing. A histogram is available in both
shooting and playback modes. The Kodak V570 supports the ImageLink
and PictBridge printing standards, and it connects to a computer
via USB 2.0.

The Kodak Easyshare V570's dimensions are 101 (W) × 49.8
(H) × 20.4 mm (D) mm, and it weighs 125g without the battery
and storage card fitted. The camera is powered by a rechargeable
Li-ion Battery Pack (3.7V, 720mAh). There is a metal tripod
mount in the middle of the bottom of the camera.

Finally, the standard box kit contains a Photo Frame Dock
2 with insert, USB and AV cables, Rechargeable Li-Ion Digital
Camera Battery, 5V AC adapter with power cord for in-camera
battery charging, Carry strap, Camera case, KODAK EASYSHARE
Software, Getting Started Kit and a custom camera insert for
the optional KODAK EASYSHARE Camera and Printer Docks. Note
that you can only store 17 images at the highest quality JPEG
setting on the 32Mb built-in memory. You will therefore need
to invest in some memory cards to store your images on.

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